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Committee Assignments for the 111th Congress
Committee Hearings & Meetings Scheduled


  
 
 

Today, Jul. 03, 2009

    
        No committee hearings scheduled
        
    

Tuesday, Jul. 07, 2009

2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
S-407        
    

Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009

2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to markup fiscal year 2010 Intelligence Authorization Bill.
S-407        
    

Thursday, Jul. 09, 2009

2:00 pm
    Energy and Natural Resources
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Wilma A. Lewis, of the Virgin Islands, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Robert V. Abbey, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, both of the Department of the Interior; and Richard G. Newell, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, Department of the Energy.
SD-366        
    

Tuesday, Jul. 14, 2009

9:30 am
    Veterans' Affairs
         Hearings to examine bridging the gap in care of women veterans.
SR-418        
    
10:00 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         Hearings to examine S.796, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land.
SD-366        
    

Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2009

10:00 am
    Veterans' Affairs
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, and Joan M. Evans, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative Affairs.
SR-418        
    

Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2009

9:30 am
    Veterans' Affairs
         Hearings to examine veteran's disability compensation.
SR-418        
    
 
  

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